TATRAVAGÓNKA and PJM cooperate on digital train functions

TATRAVAGÓNKA is integrating PJM‘s digital freight train functions and automated applications into its equipment range. Hence, the efficiency-enhancing monitoring and automation features are now available ex works for wagon purchasers.

Due to its extensive portfolio, the Slovakian manufacturer is the largest in Europe. Wagons for the transport of all types of products are developed and built in several works in Slovakia, including tank and bulk goods wagons, flat wagons, intermodal wagons and steel coil transport wagons. In order to make the benefits of automation and digitalization available to the sector in an efficient way, TATRAVAGÓNKA is now offering the functionalities of the overall digital system WaggonTracker.

The monitoring features include real-time brake analysis and brake system monitoring, real-time kingpin monitoring, IDDS derailment diagnostics paired with real-time in-train communication (direct communication with the train driver), load weight monitoring and automatic brake testing. The majority of the functions are offered exclusively by PJM, the Automatic Brake Test is the European reference system with broad support from railway operators and wagon keepers. 

The technical applications create a number of essential benefits: lower costs, higher availability of the freight trains, faster train preparation and, above all, greater safety. By ordering ex works, the PJM system is optimally integrated into the wagons and delivered to the customer.

‘TATRAVAGÓNKA and our overall digital system complement each other perfectly: as a leading manufacturer, TATRAVAGÓNKA is constantly developing innovations and optimizations. Our monitoring system, automatic brake testing and load weight monitoring are unique functions that make rail transport safer and optimize it in terms of efficiency, availability and cost-effectiveness. For wagon keepers and railway operators, the step towards digital train functions and the associated benefits is very simple. Tatravagónka hands over the required equipment ex works,’ says Günter Petschnig, CEO of PJ Monitoring.

With the co-operation with PJM, TATRAVAGÓNKA is consistently continuing the further development of its product portfolio. The wagons were prepared for automated applications such as the DAC (Digital Automatic Coupling) several years ago. The overall digital system from PJM automates further processes (brake testing and load weight monitoring), which means that the wagon keeper is also ideally equipped for the future: the system is fully compatible with the future digital automatic coupling as well as with other customized applications.